Attorneys in New York fraud trial call court-appointed monitor overseeing Trump Organization a ‘Javert’ figure
Donald Trump’s lawyers in his New York trial are wondering: Do you hear the people sing?
Clifford Robert, an attorney representing Trump and his family, wrote in a court filing that the court-appointed monitor overseeing the embattled Trump Organization is a “Javert” figure – a reference to the main antagonist in Victor Hugo’s 1862 novel Les Misérables and the musical it inspired – looking to maintain power over Trump and his company.
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